BBC COFFEE LIMITED
📉Decliningactive
13005466 · ltd · incorporated 2020-11-09
Investment thesis
Established operating company — standard diligence applies, no dominant angle.
Why interesting: Live, filing, normal profile.
Why risky: No standout signals in either direction.
Opportunity decay
drifting distress · 6-months
Drifting toward distress — expect more negotiability in 3–6 months, but also more friction.
- · Lifecycle stage drifting downward
- · Currently "declining"
🔒Estimated value
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Turnover
£1.30M
year to Dec 2024
Net worth
—
book net assets
Opportunity
71/100
Strong
What this business does
Primary activity: SIC 10832
Sector: Manufacturing
Investor take
PursueStrong opportunity: active trading company with strong profile and bankable structure.
Opportunity 71/100 (strong), bankability 75/100. Share purchase looks the cleaner deal structure. Most likely exit: strategic trade sale (63/100).
Data confidence
Overall: high (80/100)Strong data coverage across all sections. AI outputs should be trusted with minimal caveats.
Company profile
address, 1 SIC codes, incorporation date
100
Financials
2 years of iXBRL accounts extracted (YoY deltas available) + narrative notes parsed
75
Lenders & charges
Confirmed no charges registered
85
Directors & officers
3 officers (3 active, 3 linked, 3 with DOB)
90
Ownership & PSC
2 active PSC(s) of 2 total, 2 with control declared
90
Director network
2 connected companies via shared directors
51
Filing history
27 filings on record
85
Gazette notices
No matching gazette notices (standard for active companies)
60
🔒Estimated company valuation
Sector-multiple EBITDA, turnover, and NAV-proxy valuation range with confidence tier — derived from extracted iXBRL financials.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Opportunity Score
71/100Strong
PassWatchWorth a lookStrongExceptional
Solid opportunity signal. Worth a dedicated memo and management meeting.
Business quality
65
Adequate — check latest filings for context.
Acquirability
50
Some acquirability indicators.
Risk profile
85
Few red flags.
Signal strength
90
Good data coverage for analysis.
Signals from accounts
Derived from iXBRL accounts · FRS 101Loss-making
Loss before tax £1,816,934
Revenue decline
Turnover down 20% YoY
Turnover YoY
-20%
Year on year
Key financials
2 years extracted from filed iXBRL accountsCash
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Net Worth
—
Current Assets
—
Current Liabilities
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Financials
Extracted from Companies House accounts · FRS 101| Metric | 2024-12-31 | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1.30M | £1.62M |
| Gross profit | £574.1k | £572.9k |
| Operating profit | £-1.77M | £-1.45M |
| Profit before tax | £-1.82M | £-1.47M |
| Average employees | 1200 | 1100 |
Amounts extracted automatically from iXBRL. Fields left blank were not reported or not mapped. Values in GBP unless stated.
🔒Filing-note intelligence
3 signals detected in this company's narrative notes — going-concern language, audit opinion, contingent liabilities, related-party transactions.
Available from the Pro tier upwards.
See pricing →Recent activity
Last 30 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 90 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Last 180 days
1
filing
- • 1 confirmation-statement
Counts from Companies House filing history.
Corporate timeline (22 events)Click to expand
- 2025-10-17📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2025-04-04📄notification-of-a-person-with-significant-controlpersons-with-significant-control · PSC01
- 2025-01-31📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2024-03-27📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2023-12-14📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2023-11-02📄accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AAMD
- 2022-12-08📄accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-fullaccounts · AA
- 2022-04-12📄memorandum-articlesincorporation · MA
- 2022-04-12📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2022-04-12📄resolutionresolution · RESOLUTIONS
- 2022-02-28📄change-person-director-company-with-change-dateofficers · CH01
- 2022-02-22📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2022-02-20➕BODIAM, Kane Ronald Vasudevan appointeddirector
- 2022-01-15📄capital-allotment-sharescapital · SH01
- 2021-12-09📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-05-21📄change-account-reference-date-company-current-extendedaccounts · AA01
- 2021-01-14📄appoint-person-director-company-with-name-dateofficers · AP01
- 2021-01-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-01-14📍change-registered-office-address-company-with-date-old-address-new-addressaddress · AD01
- 2021-01-01➕GOLDKORN, Benjamin John, Director appointeddirector
- 2020-11-09🏢Company incorporatedAs BBC COFFEE LIMITED
- 2020-11-09➕KOCHHAR, Dhruv Neeraj appointeddirector
Owner dependency
50/100
Moderate — manageable with handoverSome founder dependency, but not acute. A structured handover period should cover most risk.
Succession & seller-readiness
30/100
Weak signalLimited succession signal. Not a near-term off-market candidate.
Red flags
cleanNo red flags detected from available public data. (This is not a clean bill of health — detailed accounts review still recommended.)
Shareholders & ownership
2 active beneficial owners · dominant holder ≥75%| Name | Shares | Voting rights | Nature of control | Notified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs Kannika Dhruv Kochhar Individual · Indian · DOB 10/1983 · age 43 | 75–100% | 75–100% | board control75-100% shares · 75-100% voting · board control | 14/04/2023 |
Mr Dhruv Neeraj Kochhar Individual · German · DOB 05/1981 · age 45 | — | — | sig. influencesignificant influence | 09/11/2020 |
From Companies House Persons with Significant Control filings. Share ranges are banded per the public PSC regime.
🔒Co-director network graph
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7 specific questions generated from this company's actual signals — liquidity, leverage, director age, charge count, red flags, age-of-company.
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See pricing →Company details
Statusactive
Typeltd
Incorporated2020-11-09
Jurisdictionengland-wales
Primary SIC10832 — SIC 10832
Registered office
Adanac Business Park, Adanac North, Unit E3 & E4,
Adanac Drive
Southampton
SO16 0BT
United Kingdom
Filing status
Accounts
Next due: 2026-09-30
Last made up to: 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement
Next due: 2027-04-10
Last: 2026-03-27
Officers (3 active · 0 resigned)
BODIAM, Kane Ronald Vasudevan→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2022-02-20
View their other companies + combined net worth →
GOLDKORN, Benjamin John, Director→
Activedirector · ~46y · appointed 2021-01-01
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KOCHHAR, Dhruv Neeraj→
Activedirector · ~45y · appointed 2020-11-09
View their other companies + combined net worth →
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Recent filings (27 total)
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2026-05-21
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-10-17
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2025-04-04
notification-of-a-person-with-significant-control
persons-with-significant-control · PSC01
2025-04-04
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2025-01-31
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2024-03-27
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2024-03-27
confirmation-statement-with-no-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-12-27
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2023-12-14
accounts-amended-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AAMD
2023-11-02
confirmation-statement-with-updates
confirmation-statement · CS01
2023-01-23
accounts-with-accounts-type-total-exemption-full
accounts · AA
2022-12-08
memorandum-articles
incorporation · MA
2022-04-12
capital-allotment-shares
capital · SH01
2022-04-12
resolution
resolution · RESOLUTIONS
2022-04-12